Advertising literature and articles dispenser for trucks



R. KLEIN Sept. 16, 1958 ADVERTISING LITERATURE AND ARTICLES DISPENSERFOR TRUCKS Filed Jun 14, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR. BY Fae/NA KLEINSept. 16, 1958 R. KLEIN v 2,852,159

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REG/NA KL suv ATTORNEY Unite States Patent ADVERTISING LITERATURE ANDARTICLES DISPENSER FOR TRUCKS Regina Klein, New York, N. Y. ApplicationJune 14, 1956, Serial No. 591,404

1 Claim. (Cl. 221-194) Summarized briefly, the present invention is achutelike container, mountable upon the inner surface of the side wallof a truck body and having an outlet at its lower end accessible fromwithout the truck body, said outlet being normally closed -by a door.The container is adapted to hold a quantity of advertising literature,and associated with the container is means for dispensing a single itemof said literature responsive to pressing of a button projectingoutwardly from the truck body.

Often, one may observe a particular truck, owned by a company and usedin performing the regular company operations. The observer may desire'tomake contact with the company, for the purpose of making use of itsservices. Further, the company may desire to provide means associatedwith the truck for dispensing advertising literature to those interestedin having the same. Accordingly, one important purpose of the presentinvention is to provide a device mountable in a truck body to permiteither of these desirable objects to be attained, so that one may bedirected, by a suitable sign on the truck, to press a button on the wallof the truck body, in such a way as to cause a single piece ofadvertising literature to be dispensed from the truck body.

Another object is to provide a device as stated which will be providedwith a novelly designed means for insuring the dispensing of a singlepiece of literature, responsive to depression of a button accessiblefrom outside the vehicle.

A further object is to form a card or advertising literature dispenseras stated that will be capable of manufacture at low cost, will becapable of preassembly as a unit, and will be mountable in a truck bodywith a minimum amount of effort.

Another object is to provide'a dispensing device as stated which will becompactly designed, so as to take a minimum amount of the load-receivingspace of the truck body.

For further comprehension of theinvention, and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a truck equipped with a pair ofadvertising literature dispensers formed in accordance with the presentinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken longitudinally through thedispenser, on line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view in elevation of the dispenser as seen from the right ofFig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, enlarged perspective view of the dispenser.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, still further enlarged, of the means foreffecting the discharge of a single piece of advertising literatureresponsive to the depression of a push button, taken on line 5-5 of Fig.2.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view, the scale being slightly smaller than thatof Fig. 5, on line 6-6 of Fig. '2, showin the single item dispensingmeans of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a view like Fig. 6 with the literature-dispensing meansadjusted to a position for release of a single piece of literature.

Fig. 8 is an enlarged, detail section on line 8-8 of Fig. 5 with theliterature-dispensing means in its normal position of Fig. 6.

Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 8 with the literaturedispensing meansin its Fig. 7 position.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged perspective view of the literature-dispensingarm.

Referring to the drawings in detail, a truck body 10 which can be of anydesign or size, has a side wall 12 on which are mounted a plurality ofcard dispensers 14 formed according to the invention. Any number ofdispensers may be mounted on the truck body, and they can be at anylocation as, for example, on the door of the cab of the truck, on therear doors of the truck body, at both sides, etc. Since all of thedispensers are identical, the description of one would sufiice for all.

The dispenser 14 includes an upwardly opening, vertically disposed,elongated, sheet metal housing having side walls 16 and a back wall 18.The front of the housing is closed by the side Wall 12 of the truck.

Back wall 18 at its lower end has a forwardly curving extension 20,curving through ninety degrees and terminating at the side wall 12.

Integral with side walls 16 are outwardly directed longitudinal flanges22 connected by screws or equivalent fasteners to the inner surface ofthe truck side Wall 12. A depending flange 24 is integral with the lowerend of extension 20 and is similarly connected to the truck wall.

At the lower end of the housing, side wall 12 is formed with an opening,closed by a door 26 hingedly connected at its upper edge at 28 to theside wall, said door being swingable between its closed and openpositions, shown in full and dotted lines respectively in Fig. 2,through the medium of a handle 30 projecting outwardly from the door.

The cards or other advertising literature are inserted in the housingthrough the open upper end thereof, in a stack. The cards have beendesignated by the reference letter C and may contain any desiredinformation. The cards are normally supported with the lowermost card ofthe stack disposed in a horizontal plane substantially coplanar with thetop edge of the door-receiving opening, so as not to be accessible fromwithout the truck. However, means is provided for controlled dispensingof the cards, one at a time, responsive to depression of a push buttonprojecting outwardly from the truck.

Said means has been designated at 32 generally, and includes a generallyC-shaped bracket 34 fixedly secured to and projecting outwardly fromcurved extension 20, said bracket having horizontal, vertically spacedlegs 36, 38 formed with vertically aligned openings in which isrotatable a vertical stem 40 (Fig. 5). The lower end of the stem isthreaded to receive a nut 42 hearing against the underside of the lowerleg 38 and supported upon the lower leg 38 is an elongated arm 44extending horizontally from the stern and formed at one end with asleeve 46 receiving the stem, a setscrew 48 being threaded in the sleeveagainst the stem to connect the stem and arm 44 for joint rotationalmovement about the stern ax1s.

At its outer end, arm 44 projects beyond the adjacent side of the cardhousing, and has a longitudinal slot 50 (Fig. 6) receiving a pin 52carried by the bifurcated inner end of an elongated plunger 54 slidablein a guide sleeve 56 secured to side wall 12. The plunger at its outerend projects laterally from the-truck body;so'as to 'lying'in aplanenormal to the length of the stem; is an elongatedplate member58,.integrally formed at one end with a forwardly projecting blade. 60sharpened as best showninFigsi9 and 10 to a knife'edge and extendingthrough a slot 62- formed in the housing extension 20.

Secured fixedly' to :the'other end of plate member .58 is a bladeelement 64, also projecting forwardly from the plate member 58 andhaving asharpened edge-66.

Referring to Fig. 6, the knife edge 60 in the normal position of theparts projects forwardly'from plate member 58' a" greater distancethandoes knife edge '66. Under these circumstances, knife edge60projects ;into the housing, so as to engage under the lowermost cardofthestack in 'the manner shown inFig. 8. Underhthe same circumstances,the knife edge 66 is.recess'ed within its associated slot 68 so as notto engage any 'of'the cards or other advertising literature.

Normally biasing the stem to the normal, .Fig. 6 position thereof is atorsion spring70 oneend'of which is anchored'to the bracket'34 and the'otherend of which (Fig 5) is anchored to the plate member-58. Thespring is tensioned so as to normally-swing the plate member to itsFig.6 position, andtoglimit swinging movement of the .platev member and the"associated components beyond'said normal position; plunger54 havinga'collar 72 engaging guide sleeve 56, as shown in Fig. 6.

To the inner surfaces of side walls 16;:atithe upper end of thedispensingopening closed, normallytbyjdoor 26, there are securedconfronting angle "brackets' 76 providing ledges supporting the cards Cat the. frontcorners of the cards. Sharpened orblade-like ann60;-whennormally positioned, supports the cards by engaging under theback edgeportion of. the lowermost card of the stack in thexmanner shown in Fig;8.

To cause a single card to be dispensed, one "depresses plunger 54,shifting the same to its Fig. 7'position. 'This swings arm 44rearwardly, rotatingstem 40 adistance sufficient to retract blade arm60, while simultaneously extending arm 66 'into the housing. Blade arm66:is* in a plane slightly higher than that of arm 60, the'distancebetween said planes being equal to the'thickness-of a single card asshown in Fig. 8. It may be 'noted that when blade arm 60 is beingretracted, the blade arm 66 will immediately move under the stack, abovethe lowermost card, before the blade arm 60 is fully retracted out of astack-supporting position. In this way, aproper support of the stack isassured at all times.

With the plunger fully depressed, blade arm 60 will be fully retractedas shown in Fig. 9, with bladearm"-66 now supporting the stack above thelowermost'card. The lowermost card is thus free to pivot upon thebrackets, swinging downwardly a distance sufiicient to permit one toopen the door 26'and grasp the same, whereby to pull it completely outof the dispenser.

When the push button is released, spring 70wil1 return the parts totheir normal position and before-the blade arm 66 is fully retracted outof stack-supporting'position, the blade arm 60 will have been movedback'into position under the stack. When the parts are fully back totheir normal position, the'stackwill have-dropped down a distanceequal'to the thickness ofthe card that was previously dispensed,-awaiting the next use of the device.

A coin vending device may also be provided for selling literaturefood-orrefrigerated articles in the dispenser,

which may be seen through suitable transparent windows.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and that various changes andmodifications may be-. made within the scope of the invention as definedin the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

A dispenser for a stack of flat, rectangular, flexible sheets comprisinga front wall having an opening therein, an elongated housing secured tosaid front wall, said housing having side walls and a back wall, saidback wall having aforwardly. curving lower end terminatingthe bottom ofsaid opening in-the front wall, a door pivotally secured to .said frontwall closing the opening therein and opening outwardly therefrom, saidhousing having an open top, for insertionof said sheets into-thehousing, brackets secured to the side walls at said opening to supportsaid sheets at front corners thereof, said back wall having a pair ofspaced slots disposed just above the. curved lower end 'thereof oppositesaid brackets, a support disposed on theexterior of'the back wall,a'stem pivotally mounted insaid support; a plate member secured to, theupper end of the stern and pivotal therewith, a pair of spacedwedge-shaped blade arms extendingjforwardlyfrornsaid plate member,-saidblade arms being disposed in closely spaced, horizontal planes,said'planes ,being spaced apart a distance equal substantially tothe'thickness of one of said sheets,-one of said blade arms normallyextending through one-of theslots and supporting a rear portion of thelowermost one of said sheets, the other of said blade arms beingextendiblejthrough the other slotinto the stack immediately abovethelowermost sheet on retraction of said one blade arm, a spring mounted onsaid supportand biasing the stem to a position extending said-one bladethrough said one slot, a. linkage disposed outside the housingandterminating in a plunger extending through said front wall, .saidlinkage connecting with said .stem, said plunger being manually operableto pivot-said plate memberso that said one blade arm is retracted-torelease the rear end of the lowermost sheet while'the other blade armadvances to support the remainder of the stack at the rear thereof, saidone blade being extended forwardly by pivotal movement of said stern bysaid spring upon manual release of said plunger, said lowermost sheetbeing held adjacent said opening in a'horizontal position by saidbrackets and the remainder of the stack after release by said oneblade'arm, sothat said lowermost sheet is manually removable throughsaid opening upon opening of said door.

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